All Planning & policy articles – Page 25
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Insight
Let’s not be lizards
The incomparable Douglas Adams, much-missed author and satirist, died 22 years ago this week. The passing years have not blunted his many sharp insights. Take, for example, his view of the political animal, outlined in the fourth Hitchhikers book, when the dialogue turns to an unhappy democracy of humans ruled ...
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News
Bloom gains planning consent for 52,000 sq ft Camberwell industrial site
Investor and developer Bloom, in a joint venture (JV) with funding partner Angelo Gordon, has secured planning consent for a 52,410 sq ft ultra-urban warehouse development in Camberwell, south London.
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Experts say ‘uncertainty could stall housing market’ as BoE raises rate to 4.5%
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of 7–2 to increase the bank rate to 4.5%, causing concerns about uncertainty in the property market.
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Q&A: SPPARC’s Trevor Morriss on the challenges resi designers face
The architecture firm’s principal on working with developers and overcoming hurdles in the planning system.
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Professional
Conflicting case law muddies the waters on some rent-free periods
To explore the question of when a tenant is entitled to negotiate a rent-free period, consider the hypothetical case of a commercial tenant that is in talks with its landlord over terms of a new 10-year lease.
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Prospect of more Help to Buy divides the property industry
While housebuilders welcome the mooted return of the home ownership initiative, others are highly critical
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Professional
Design break clauses carefully
There is a natural tension that exists between landlords and tenants negotiating a break clause. Broadly, a tenant will want the flexibility to bring a lease to a close easily, with the landlord wanting security of income. How they are worded will deliver both.
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Shore Capital Markets' Dr Clive Black on the CMA and the working of supermarkets
The reputation of politicians ebbs and flows, but now deep-sea creatures more often than not come to mind, such are the country’s scars from recent prime ministers the ever-lively Theresa May, the trustworthy Boris Johnson and the wildly off-the-cuff Liz Truss. If the Tories’ homework had to be marked, accommodating ...
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News
Glenbrook wins appeal over 625,000 sq ft Wigan park
Developer Glenbrook has won a planning appeal to build a 625,000 sq ft business park in Wigan.
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Renters Reform Bill blamed by landlords exiting market
The upcoming Renters Reform Bill (RRB), has been cited as a key reason for private landlords selling their properties, according to research conducted on behalf of Property Week.
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FEC submits application for 4,800 homes in Manchester
Far East Consortium (FEC) has submitted planning applications to build 4,800 new homes alongside commercial and social space as part of a wider £4bn, 15,000-home project in Manchester.
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Khan makes election pledge to create City Hall housing developer
Sadiq Khan has pledged to create a new GLA-owned housing developer if he is re-elected as London mayor at next year’s elections.
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BPF’s Melanie Leech on treating causes not symptoms
Political parties make big promises to us during their election campaigns about how things will be different (or better) once they are elected.
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Ex housing secretary says scrapping housebuilding targets was ‘major mistake’
Former housing secretary Simon Clarke has branded the scrapping of housebuilding targets a “major mistake” after the Conservative Party’s dire local election results.
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Boyer’s Nigel Booen on whether King Charles’s views will continue to influence the built environment
In his seven-decade apprenticeship for the role of monarch, King Charles exerted considerable influence in the fields of architecture and sustainability. It is only in retrospect that we can fully appreciate his influence on the topics that are so current in design today: stewardship, mixed tenure, biophilia and ‘beauty’, to ...
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Insight
Will King be a royal influencer?
This weekend we will witness a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle: the coronation of a king. A six-gun salute will be fired from Horse Guards Parade to mark the exact moment the crown touches the monarch’s head and the UK will be alive with colour and noise. But behind the pomp and ceremony ...
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News
Green light for British Land’s Paddington logistics hub
Property giant British Land has gained planning approval for a 121,000 sq ft urban logistics hub near London’s Paddington Station.
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DLUHC response shows Treasury does not trust it to spend money, committee chair claims
A ministerial statement from levelling-up minister Dehenna Davison has failed to refute claims that the Treasury no longer trusts her department to spend money without approval following a Treasury financial ‘power play’.
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Industry split on potential return of Help to Buy
Potential plans to relaunch the Help to Buy (HTB) scheme ahead of the next general election have divided industry experts.
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Plans submitted for Liverpool Street station £1.5bn regeneration
Shard developer Sellar, MTR Corporation and Network Rail, have submitted a joint planning application to the City of London Corporation for their £1.5bn redevelopment of Liverpool Street station.